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Laziness does not exist

Laziness does not exist

A defense of the exhausted, exploited, and overworked Extra-curricular activities. Honors classes. 60-hour work weeks. Side hustles. Like many Americans, Dr. Devon Price believed that productivity was the best way to measure self-worth. Price was an overachiever from...
The Good Arabs

The Good Arabs

Swinging from post-explosion Beirut to a Parc-Extension balcony in summer, the verse and prose poems in The Good Arabs ground the reader in place, language, and the body. Peeling and rinsing radishes. Dancing as a pre-teen to Nancy Ajram. Being drenched in stares on...
Stolen focus

Stolen focus

Why you can’t pay attention–and how to think deeply again In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that...
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by...
Ultra-processed people

Ultra-processed people

Why we can’t stop eating food that isn’t food It’s not you, it’s the food. How much of our daily caloric intake comes from ingesting substances that, technically speaking, do not meet traditional definitions of “food”? Chances are, if you’re...
Reverberation : do everything better with music

Reverberation : do everything better with music

Music isn’t just about entertainment–it’s a deeply embedded, subtly powerful means of communication. Songs resonate with your brain wave patterns and drive changes in your brain: creating your moods, consolidating your memories, strengthening your...